Thursday, September 21, 2017

Cannot Power on virtual machine - A general system error occurred: Connection refused

Cannot Power on virtual machine - A general system error occurred: Connection refusedWhile attempting to power on a virtual machine from vCenter server displays this error.

The same virtual machine can be powered on from the vSphere Client connected to the ESXi host.Windows vCenter server1) Open "services.msc"2) Right click "VMware vCenter workflow manager" service and click start.3) You will be able to power on the server now.vCenter Server appliance (VCSA)1) Connect to VCSA shell as root.2) Run the command to start the "VMware vCenter workflow manager" serviceservice-control --start vmware-vpx-workflow3) You will be able to power on the server now.